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A merchant captain named Samuel Dewey accepted a little wager as to whether he could full the task of removing.[167] Elliot had posted guards on Constitution to make sure the basic safety of your figurehead, but Dewey crossed the Charles River in a small boat, utilizing the sound of thunderstorms to mask his movements, and managed to observed off m